Bushnell's publisher, the Hachette Book Group, describes its central character, Pandy "PJ" Wallis, as "a renowned writer whose novels about a young woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films.

"[1] A champagne-drinking New York novelist named Pandy Wallis has found success through writing a series of books about her alter ego, Monica.

The plot of the novel combines flashbacks of her friendship with Sondra-Beth and failed marriage, with her quest to kill off her character Monica.

"[3] Writing in The Washington Post, Bethanne Patrick called it "a sloppy story that doesn't hold together.

"[5] In the New York Daily News, Sherryl Connelly called Killing Monica[6] "an unfunny farce" and "a book of bad taste.